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Hello Antonio,
in both case I don't get such a message, but in the second case
it doesn't do anything: I play white and black:
***** $ gnuchess
GNU Chess 6.2.7
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
White (1) : e4
1. e4
black KQkq e3
r n b q k b n r
p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . P . . .
. . . . . . . .
P P P P . P P P
R N B Q K B N R
Thinking...
white KQkq e6
r n b q k b n r
p p p p . p p p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . p . . .
. . . . P . . .
. . . . . . . .
P P P P . P P P
R N B Q K B N R
My move is : e5
White (2) :
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***** $ gnuchess --xboard
Chess
e4
1. e4
e5
1. e5 [I did this move]
d4
2. d4
d5
2. d5 [I dit this move]
--------------------------------------------------------
Regards, Frank
On 11/15/20 9:36 AM, Antonio Ceballos
wrote:
Hi Frank,
It should
work with the latest version of GNU Chess: 6.2.7. If it does
not, I would like
to understand
why and fix it.
Let's check
that GNU Chess can find the configuration file (gnuchess.ini).
Try to run
the program on the command line for an interactive game in
ASCII mode
and enter a
move, e.g. 'e4':
gnuchess
(GNU Chess prints a verbose
greeting message)
e4
Does the
program display an error message like this?
Can't open file
"/usr/local/share/gnuchess/gnuchess.ini": No such file or
directory - using defaults
In such a
case, you can copy gnuchess.ini to your current directory.
You can
also try the above using the xboard flag:
gnuchess --xboard
(GNU Chess prints a short
greeting message)
e4
Please let
me know what you see.
Regards,
Antonio
Hi Antonio,
thanks.
Unfortunately this didn't work:
By using:
xboard
-fcp 'gnuchess --xboard'
GNU Chess don't do anything, even the first move is
missed. (Attached xboard.debug2)
by:
xboard -fcp 'gnuchess'
I have the old problem: just the first move from black.
I've heard that downgrading gnuchess to an older version
could help.
I must say sometimes XBoard with GNU Chess works. Even
with the simple: 'xboard' command.
On 11/14/20 4:55 PM, Antonio Ceballos wrote:
Hi
Frank,
Thanks
for your report. I think that the problem comes from
the way GNU Chess is
invoked.
When
you want to run it from XBoard, you must use the
--xboard flag. The manual
of
GNU Chess (info gnuchess) includes a couple of
examples that show how to run
XBoard
from the command line specifying GNU Chess as the
first chess engine.
For
instance:
xboard
-fcp 'gnuchess --xboard'
If
you just simply type
the
interaction between both programs will not work.
The
way XBoard invoked GNU Chess can be seen in
xboard.debug. You should see
something
like:
StartChildProcess
(dir=".") gnuchess --xboard
In
your attachment, the --xboard flag is missing.
Please
let me know if this is of help to solve the problem.
Regards,
Antonio
Hello,
Xboard 4.9.1 doesn't work with GNU Chess 6.7.2
(archlinux machine).
If I'm white, it just makes one move and then after
my second move it does nothing.
I've asked Xboard ( bug-xboard@gnu.org)
about this problem but they say, it's a GNU Chess
problem.
So I don't know. Somehow the interaction between the
two programs doesn't work?
I've attached the debug file:`xboard -debug`
Regards
Frank
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